as president obama said we must act and we must rebuild. as you consider the fact that the region shuts down without the m.t.a. and the region makes up 11% of the country's g.d.p. this is more than a new york issue or a new york need. this is a national issue, it is a national need and we're going to need help from the federal government to help us rebuild the m.t.a. thank you very much for this opportunity and look forward to questions later. [indiscernbile] it is not a tristate thing. it threads through our attire -- entire economy. the executive director of the port authority of new york and new jersey, we will hear from you about the efforts to recover from damage to the authority's tunnels, trains, airports, and port. i will take a moment to remind you that i was a commissioner of the port authority before i came here. actually, i was driven -- my interest here as a result of that traffic of the company that i was running was a very large company, and we had vehicles crossing the river, and it took longer and longer and longer to get t